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‘America’s Most Amazing Mile’

October 31, 2009 Todd DeFeo
When the Incline Railway was built in 1895, the idea was to complete a cheap means for traveling to the top of Lookout Mountain.

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Take the ‘Last Train to Clarksville’

October 27, 2009 Todd DeFeo
Standing on 10th Street in downtown Clarksville, it’s hard to imagine this area was once a bustling transportation hub around the turn of the 20th century.

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Decapod pays homage to Winder’s railroad roots

October 22, 2009 Todd DeFeo
The small town of about 10,000 owes a lot to the railroad. Its name, for starters.

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Small locomotive highlights area’s railroad roots

October 19, 2009 Todd DeFeo
The little locomotive sitting in a fenced in area under a canopy is dwarfed by the locomotives that pass by no more than 50 feet away.

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Terminal Station harkens back to city’s railroad past

September 22, 2009 Todd DeFeo
During the Civil War, the railroad was vital to Chattanooga, bringing supplies to the troops stationed in the city and also transporting reinforcements to nearby destinations.

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‘Pardon me boy,’ is that an historic train depot?

September 7, 2009 Todd DeFeo
The events of 1970 could have spelled doom for Chattanooga’s Terminal Station.

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Conyers’ ‘Dinky’ harkens back to yesterday

July 14, 2009 Railfanning.org
Between 1948 and about 1960, a small 0-6-0 steam locomotive served on the 3-mile-long Milstead Railroad.

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Nov. 1, 1918: Malbone Street Wreck

June 28, 2009 Railfanning.org
On Nov. 1, 1918, a Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. train crashes after taking a curve too fast underneath the intersection of Malbone Street and Flathbush and Ocean avenues.

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Hiroshima: Streetcar system like taking a step back in time

June 25, 2009 Todd DeFeo
My friends and I walked to the streetcar terminus, certain of which trolley to board. An agent approached us to help; he didn’t speak English, and we didn’t speak Japanese.

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Antebellum railroad tunnel still a marvel after all these years

June 22, 2009 Todd DeFeo
Crews building the Western & Atlantic Railroad from Atlanta to Chattanooga, Tenn., faced a number of natural obstacles. None, however, were as foreboding as Chetoogeta Mountain.

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